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[Allouie]

Is there the best plece to put adverbs, excluding ones that tell how often, when, and where?

Examples of this is;

- It will be SURELY beneficial, or SURELY it will be beneficial, or it will SURELY be beneficial.

- The difference of our tastes SOMETIMES poses a problem, or SOMETIMES the difference of our tastes causes a problem.


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YUKIKO

[mescalero]

Allouie:

There is no best place to put an adverb. All of your sentences are good. Therefore, I wouldn't worry about this. There are plenty of other things with English grammar to worry about.

Best,
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[Allouie]

Thank you, Mike.

So there are no difference that I need to worry about even when I write an essey at TOEFL, right?
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YUKIKO

[KazAV]

To be on the safe side, your second and third choices sound more natural.

[Allouie]

KazAV,

Thank you for your advice.
Let me confirm to make sure.

You mean, the second and the third are;

-SURELY it will be beneficial.
-It will SURELY be beneficial.

Is the following OK as well?

-It SURELY is beneficial.
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YUKIKO

[welkins2139]

It will be surely.... the word "surly " is an adverb of degree which is normally put after the verb. What is the verb here ? it must be the word " be " the word " will" is an auxiliary.

It will surly be.... that sounds fine to me though it didnt follow the rule.

Surly, it will be..... the word " surly " here functions as an adverb of comment. The adverbs of comment are placed at the beginning of the sentence.

For example, luckily, i was able to come to the presentation.

[KazAV]

Yes, that's ok too although you have changed tense from future to present. I would prefer however, "Surely it is beneficial".

[Allouie]

Welkins2139 and KazAV,

Thank you very much for your comments.

Putting adverbs in front of sentences seems to be better in order to ged rid of risks.
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YUKIKO